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Just a quick warning to any new Super 3 owners, protect your front axle with some anti-corrosion spray!

I’ve done 500 miles in my Super 3 and it’s already started to rust. I said to the dealership and they said this happens if you plan to drive the car in winter. They recommended I use ACF50 spray. I’ll be honest, I wasn’t expecting to have the rattle can spray paint out on my brand new £50k car.

Here’s some pictures. They don’t really do it justice, looks a lot worse in person.

A short video of the start of my drive to Bicester Heritage Scramble today.

Disappointing I’d agree but no different from any other new car in my experience

I’ve learnt to liberally coat the underside of every new car in ACF50 to preserve it

Aston Martin suffer with rear suspension frames rotting out for example

ACF-50 is great stuff, it does what most people think WD-40 does but doesn't

It's safe for use on metal, rubber and plastic so spray it liberally around the exposed parts of the car.

On my M3W I also use Lanoguard which leaves a thicker layer of wax like protection and has proven effective over the last 18 months and 16,000 miles.

I've yet to try Lanoguard, but then I've never seen a rusty sheep, so it must work

Here’s some pictures of mine albeit I thought the suspension and steering components looked vulnerable so gave them a liberal coat of ACF-50 not long after getting the car.

the quality of the painting on that new frame.... tsk, tsk, tsk....

And some of the welds ……

It looks like the weld spatter hasn't been cleaned off after welding was completed. Poor preparation like that doesn't bode well for the coating longevity. I would have expected the frame to be powder coated but it doesn't look like it - anyone confirm or otherwise ?

It is an electrophoretic coating on the chassis.